Non-Tax Revenue
Non-Tax Revenue is the income collected by the public sector from sources other than taxes — such as fees, royalties, dividends from state-owned enterprises, rents, and the sale of goods and services. These revenues complement tax income and help finance public expenditure. Part of the Latin Macro Watch (LMW) database curated by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), this indicator gives researchers and fiscal analysts a consistent view of government revenue composition across Latin America and the Caribbean. Series are reported across government levels — central government, general government, and the non-financial public sector where available.
Coverage
Data are available for 8 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean at annual, monthly and quarterly frequency, spanning 1990–2026. Values are reported as a share of GDP (% of GDP), in millions of domestic currency and millions of USD, year-to-date (YTD), at constant prices (CPI-deflated), on a fiscal-year (Q4–Q3 aggregation) and seasonally adjusted basis, with moving-average (MA3, MA6, MA12) and month-on-month (MoM %), quarter-on-quarter (QoQ %) and year-on-year (YoY %) transformations.
Sources
Series are compiled from finance ministries, central banks and statistical agencies, including the Tesouro Nacional do Brasil, Ministerio de Hacienda de Mexico, Ministerio de Economía de Argentina, Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas de Perú, Banco Central de Nicaragua, Central Bank of The Bahamas, Barbados Statistical Service and the Consejo Monetario Centroamericano, following the LMW methodology.
Metadata & use
| Format | CSV |
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| Language | en |
| Country |
Argentina
Bahamas
Trinidad & Tobago
Belize
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
El Salvador
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Panama
Uruguay
Venezuela
Barbados
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
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| Data notes |
What does Non-Tax Revenue measure?It measures government income from sources other than taxes — such as fees, royalties, dividends from state-owned enterprises, rents, and the sale of goods and services — that complements tax revenue in financing public expenditure. Which government levels are reported?Series are reported across government levels — central government, general government, and the non-financial public sector where available — allowing comparison of revenue composition by coverage. How many countries and which frequencies and period are covered?The indicator covers 8 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean at annual, monthly and quarterly frequency, spanning 1990 to 2026. What units and transformations are available?Values are available as a share of GDP, in millions of domestic currency and USD, year-to-date, at constant (CPI-deflated) prices, on fiscal-year and seasonally adjusted bases, with MA3, MA6, MA12 moving averages and MoM %, QoQ % and YoY % transformations. Where does the data come from?Series are compiled from finance ministries, central banks and statistical agencies, including the Tesouro Nacional do Brasil, Ministerio de Hacienda de Mexico, Ministerio de Economía de Argentina, Banco Central de Nicaragua, Central Bank of The Bahamas and the Consejo Monetario Centroamericano. What are typical uses of this indicator?It is used to analyze the composition and resilience of government revenue, assess reliance on royalties and state-enterprise dividends, and support fiscal-sustainability and public-finance research across the region. How do I cite this indicator?Cite as: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Latin Macro Watch — "Non-Tax Revenue". data.iadb.org/dataset/latin-macro-watch-dataset. |